The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future

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By Michael Levi *02

Published Jan. 21, 2016

The Power Surge describes two unfolding energy revolutions in the United States: energy independence and an economic renaissance propelled by new oil and gas technologies and high prices; and a future with renewable energy that moves beyond fossil fuels and saves the planet. Levi is a senior fellow for energy security and climate change at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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